Advertisement

Good enough to eat?

I really love the adorable names the French have for things. What we call candy floss, and the Americans cotton candy, is barbe à papa in French - daddy's beard!

Sent by: J Beauchamp

Comments

Keith Jowett, Barnsley 2009-11-18

A walkie talkie in French is le talkie walkie.

Flag this comment

Jude, Australia 2009-10-19

And it's "fairy floss" in Australia!

Flag this comment

Mike, UK 2009-09-27

Very true, I like the French for paper clip - un trombone!

Flag this comment

Open/close

Comment

Have your say

Open/close

Send to a friend

To:
From:
Open/close

Related Links

On bbc.co.uk/languages

12-weeks email tips

Quick fix phrases 36 languages

Teachers and tutors

On bbc.co.uk

BBC Schools

BBC Learning

BBC World Service Learning English

Elsewhere

How to learn any language

Tips on language learning

Find yourself a pen-pal

The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites

Explore the BBC

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.